Possible Foreign Oscar 2012 Contenders

You think it’s too early for this? Trust me, it’s not and that’s exactly why we’re here today to start our little chat about the official foreign language submissions for Oscar.

Nothing to be surprised about, after all – these titles are already familiar to you, mostly because of their success in some Film Festivals. Check out the rest of this report to see the list of announced submissions.

As you’re about to see, quite interesting list of movies from all over the world. Unfortunately we don’t have trailers and official synopsis part for every single film, but I’m sure we’ll soon have more material to share with you.

In the mean time, we will inform you that Kim Ki-duk‘s movie, Pieta, which won Golden Lion statue for best movie at the Venice Film Festival this year, has been submitted by South Korea as its official foreign language submission.

On the other hand, Joachim Lafosse‘s movie titled Our Children comes as an official submission for Belgium. In case you’re not so familiar with this one, I will just remind you that the movie stars Emilie Dequenne as a young mother caught between two men, and that she even got herself a Best Actress Un Certain Regard award at Cannes this May.

Next title comes from Japan – movie titled Homeland which comes from director Yang Yong-hi, and centers on a South Korean man who returns to Japan after 25 years in exile in North Korea.

When it comes to Palestinian Oscar entry, things are pretty clear – Annemarie Jacir‘s When I Saw You, which debuted at Toronto film festival is the contender for a foreign Oscar statue. The movie centers on an eccentric young boy who escapes from a Palestinian refugee camp in 1967 Jordan.

At the end, we should also mention Norwegian entry, movie titled Kon-Tiki, which is by the way the most expensive Norwegian production ever made. Co-directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning, the movie is actually a true story of explorer and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl who crossed the Pacific Ocean on a wooden raft in 1947. Kon-Tiki also played at TIFF recently.

Check out the list, and let us know what you think about the selection.

As usual – we’ll update the whole thing as soon as possible, so expect to see more photos, videos and synopsis for every single movie! Stay tuned!

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